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SEOUL, July 29 (Xinhua) — The U.S.-led U.N. Command (UNC) and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold a third round of colonel-level talks Friday at the truce village of Panmunjom, the UNC said Thursday. “Representatives of the Korean People’s Army and the UNC Military Armistice Commission will hold a colonel-level meeting in [...]

TANGSHAN, Hebei, July 28 (Xinhua) — Tangshan, a Chinese city that lost 240,000 lives to a devastating earthquake 34 years ago, relived the pain and sorrow once again Wednesday on another anniversary. Not only Tangshan, the whole nation’s memories of the catastrophe also came alive again as a film about the earthquake, “Aftershock”, hit the [...]

BEIJING, July 29 (Xinhua) — China’s work safety authorities will investigate and crack down on manufacturers operating illegally in the coming three months, the Work Safety Committee Office under the State Council, China’s Cabinet, said Wednesday. Accidents in manufacturing plants have dropped this year, but illegal operations still pose a grave threat to workplace safety, [...]